1.5 oz Ilegal Joven
0.75 oz orange juice
0.5 oz lime
/ Rim glass of cantarito with sal de gusano and ingredients and ice. Top off with grapefruit soda and a pinch of sal de gusano (worm salt)
1.5 oz Ilegal Joven
0.75 oz orange juice
0.5 oz lime
/ Rim glass of cantarito with sal de gusano and ingredients and ice. Top off with grapefruit soda and a pinch of sal de gusano (worm salt)
2oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
0.75oz Lime Juice
0.75oz Orgeat Simple Syrup
5 Berries of Choice
6 Drops Angostura Bitters
*Orgeat syrup is made from almonds, sugar, and floral water. Available at most liquor stores.
Put all ingredients into rocks glass. Muddle and fill with crushed ice, shake. Add 6 drops Angostura bitters.
1.5oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
0.5oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice
0.5oz Fresh Lime
4oz Tonic
Rim a tall glass with salt or add a pinch to the cocktail. Build in glass. Garnish with a grapefruit peel.
Signature Ilegal Mezcal Cocktail by Team Ilegal
1.5 oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
0.5 oz Hot Honey
0.75 oz Lime
Add ingredients to shaker and shake. Strain into stemmed glass/coupe. Garnish with dehydrated lemon.
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Ricky builds his specialty Lulo Margarita with Ilegal Mezcal at Broken Shaker in Miami, FL. Recipe ↓
Add to shaker:
1 oz Lulo Syrup
1 oz Lime Juice
2 oz Ilegal Joven
To make Lulo Syrup, add Lulo fruit pulp to your agave syrup equal parts. Modify to taste.
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Rocko builds the ‘Forgtmenot’ with Ilegal Mezcal at Ponyboy in Brooklyn, NY. Recipe ↓
1.75 oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
0.75 oz lime juice
0.75 oz watermelon juice
0.25 oz ginger syrup
Splash of aquafaba
Matcha salt (matcha powder + salt)
Rim a rocks glass with matcha salt. Add remaining ingredients to shaker and shake. Pour over ice.
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Light, bright, crushable mezcal cocktails you can try at home. Ponche Ilegal ↓
6 cups water
1 cone piloncillo
6 guava
0.5oz Tejocotes (Mexican hawthorn)
1 apple
1 handful of cranberries
3 cinnamon sticks
Add everything to a pot and boil on medium heat for 10 minutes. Add 1 1/2 cups of Ilegal Joven.
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Light, bright, crushable mezcal cocktails you can try at home. Margarita de Granada ↓
2oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
1oz lime
1oz agave syrup
0.5oz pomegranate juice
Pomegranate seeds and lime wheel
Add mezcal, lime, agave syrup and pomegranate juice to a shaker, shake until chilled and strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice.
Garnish with pomegranate seeds and lime wheel.
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1 bottle of Ilegal Mezcal Joven 750ml
8oz lime
8oz agave syrup
6oz pomegranate juice
Pomegranate seeds and 6 lime wheels
Add mezcal, lime, agave syrup and pomegranate juice to a pitcher with light ice, stir until chilled.
Garnish with pomegranate seeds and lime wheels.
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A riff on the sweet classic Grasshopper cocktail. Legend has it the drink was invented in 1918 at Tujague’s Restaurant in New Orleans’ French Quarter.
Add to shaker:
1oz crema de menth
1oz cream
1oz crema de cacao
1oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
Shake until chilled and strain into stemmed glass
Garnish with Mexican chocolate
1.5oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
1.5oz Cucumber Juice
.75oz Simple Syrup
.5oz Ancho Reyes
.5oz Fresh Lime
Build all ingredients in cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously with ice. Strain over fresh ice and garnish with a cucumber sliver.
Signature Ilegal Mezcal Cocktail by Carlos Abeyta